Finding of No Significant Impact: Hunter Mountain Pinyon Pine Ecosystem Fire Treatment and Study

The National Park Service has completed an environmental assessment process and has selected an alternative to implement a prescribed fire and associated ecosystem study for 50 acres of pinyon pine forest with scattered sagebrush at the intersection of the Hunter Mountain Road and the Hunter Cabin Road in the Cottonwood Mountains of Death Valley National Park (Park). The 50-acre fire and associated ecosystem study, tiered from the 2009 Fire Management Plan, will enable the Park to proceed in an informed way toward its goal of using prescribed fire to return fire to ecosystems through management practices, as well as protecting historic resources.

Based on the analysis in the environmental assessment (EA) for this project, the capability of the incorporated mitigations to reduce or avoid potential impacts, and with due consideration for public scoping and EA review comments, the National Park Service has determined that the selected alternative does not constitute an action that would normally require the preparation of an environmental impact statement.

The Finding of No Significant Impact, which documents the rationale for this decision, is available for download on this page. If you have any questions about this document or planning process, please contact Death Valley National Park's Environmental Protection Specialist at 760-786-3227.

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